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To: rockrr

Pop quiz: Using the diagram above, determine what percentage of the American public is to the political right of the center of the world of education, according to the statement, "the center in education is two standard deviations to the left of the American public."

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10 posted on 11/22/2016 3:36:08 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: dr_lew

I’m thinking that it would be all but the 2.3% under the three left-most divisions of the standard curve or 97.7% of the American public.


12 posted on 11/22/2016 3:55:12 PM PST by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not veauccomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: dr_lew
Pop quiz: Using the diagram above, . . ."

This is not a mathematical tool that you can apply to the concepts you have in mind. Politics is multidimensional, and you do not even have the ability to quantify or measure the terms you are using.

Lest you think I'm talking through my hat, one of my professional areas of expertise was experimental design, and I developed systems of linear equations to predict the behavior of the combinations of ingredients that affect several properties of a product's behavior, using manipulation of matrices.

A human being is far more complex than you seem to perceive.

18 posted on 11/22/2016 7:25:39 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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